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1,761 Notable deaths
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Ivan Konev
Soviet military commander (1897-1973).
Born December 28th, 1897.
Died May 21st, 1973 at 75 years old in Moscow (cancer).
Sam Jaffe
American actor, teacher, musician and engineer (1891-1984).
Born March 10th, 1893 in New York City. [ref]
Died March 24th, 1984 at 91 years old in Beverly Hills (cancer). [ref]
Raymond T. Odierno
United states army general.
Born September 8th, 1954 in Rockaway Township. [ref]
Died October 8th, 2021 at 67 years old (cancer). [ref]
Robert Bloch
American fiction writer.
Born April 5th, 1917 in Chicago. [ref]
Died September 23rd, 1994 at 77 years old in Los Angeles (cancer). [ref]
Audrey Wells
American screenwriter, director and producer (1960-2018).
Born April 29th, 1960 in San Francisco.
Died October 4th, 2018 at 58 years old in Santa Monica (cancer). [ref]
Son House
American blues singer and guitarist.
Born March 21st, 1902 in Lyon.
Died October 19th, 1988 at 86 years old in Chicago, Detroit (cancer). [ref]
Hank Greenberg
Baseball outfielder.
Born January 1st, 1911 in New York City.
Died September 4th, 1986 at 75 years old in Beverly Hills (cancer).
Gwendolyn Brooks
African american writer.
Born June 7th, 1917 in Topeka. [ref]
Died December 3rd, 2000 at 83 years old in Chicago (cancer). [ref]
Amos Oz
Israeli writer, novelist, journalist and intellectual (1939-2018).
Born May 4th, 1939 in Jerusalem. [ref]
Died December 28th, 2018 at 79 years old in Petah Tikva (cancer). [ref]
Ian McDonald
English musician, co-founder of king crimson and foreigner (1946–2022).
Born June 25th, 1946 in Osterley. [ref]
Died February 9th, 2022 at 75 years old in New York City (cancer). [ref]
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